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Object documentationFraction

 

The recycling-specific packaging material that is settled with the recycling partner. A fraction is the individual packaging material used and represents the smallest unit of an article that can be settled.

 

The system uses the consumption basis of the individual fractions to settle the costs for the respective recycling partner. To do so, the different descriptions of the fractions must be broken down between your company and the recycling partner. Individual internal fractions can be entered and defined freely and can therefore mirror the scenarios of the respective company. The significance and quantity of partner fractions is entirely at the discretion of your recycling partner. For settlement with your respective partner, you must have assigned all of the corresponding partner fractions to your internal fractions.

Structure

Internal Fraction

An internal fraction is the company-internal description for materials or substances of which packaging comprises. Internal fractions mirror the packaging structure of a licensee and are assigned to partner fractions. This ensures a unique description within REA, regardless of the recycling partner descriptions.

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In REA, an internal fraction is a packaging component that can be assigned to REA packaging in a unit of weight any number of times. REA packaging represents a component that comprises any number of internal fractions and that can be settled with any number of recycling partners. The assignment of packaging and internal fractions/recycling partners is always restricted by time.

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Partner Fraction

Alphanumeric term that uniquely identifies the recycling partner fraction in the system. A partner fraction is a category into which a recycling partner divides the packaging components that are to be settled. A price is usually assigned to a partner fraction, and the system uses this price to calculate the weight-dependent fee. You assign the corresponding recycling partner fractions to standard internal fractions within your company so that you can work with your usual descriptions and keys.

Note Note

You must assign at least one internal fraction to a packaging item. An internal fraction can be assigned to a packaging item in one version only once. When you assign the recycling partner fraction to an internal fraction, the system provides an input help of the partner fractions used.

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Example

The following diagram displays the relationship between an internal fraction and a recycling partner fraction using the example of the fraction plastic:

In this example, you have an internal fraction Plastic, which specifies a certain type of plastic in more detail (for example, PVC). You manage this internal fraction in your REA process with three recycling partners. However, each of these recycling partners has a different name for the plastic (recycling partner fraction). You therefore use assignments to specify which internal fraction corresponds to which recycling partner fraction.